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Beauty and the Beast
1991
· Movie
· 84 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #48
- IMDb #42
- Google retired #236
- Rotten Tomatoes #31
- Metacritic #9
- Letterboxd #118
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #84
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #28
- Metacritic Critics #9
- Metacritic Audience #38
- Criticker #63
- Douban #62
- Kinopoisk #21
- AlloCiné #42
- Trakt #97
Every rating
61–95
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 61, highest is Metacritic critics on 95. Critics average 95, everyone else 82.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a fearsome Beast in his enchanted castle. Despite her fear, she learns to look beyond his monstrous appearance and see the kind heart within. Her captor must learn to love and earn her love in return before the last petal falls from an enchanted rose, or he will remain a beast forever.
Details
- Directors
- Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
- Based on
- Beauty and the Beast by no value added
- Released
- 22 October 1991
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, French
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Rated
- G
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box office
- $425.0M
- Awards
- 19 wins, 16 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 35 →10 major awards won · 19 wins from 35 nominations across 16 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1991 | Best Original Score | Alan Menken | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1991 | Best Original Song | " Beauty and the Beast " Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1991 | Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Alan Menken | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1991 | Best Original Song – Motion Picture | " Beauty and the Beast " Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1991 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Winner | |
| Grammy Awards 1991 | Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals | "Beauty and the Beast" – Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson | Winner |
| Grammy Awards 1991 | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | "Beauty and the Beast" – Richard Kaufman | Winner |
| Grammy Awards 1991 | Best Album for Children | Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Various Artists | Winner |
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Grammy Awards
8 nominations, 5 won
| Best Album for Children | Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Various Artists | Winner |
| Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Alan Menken | Winner |
| Best Pop Instrumental Performance | "Beauty and the Beast" – Richard Kaufman | Winner |
| Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals | "Beauty and the Beast" – Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson | Winner |
| Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | "Beauty and the Beast" – Alan Menken and Howard Ashman | Winner |
| Album of the Year | Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Walter Afanasieff, Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Various Artists | Nominee |
| Record of the Year | "Beauty and the Beast" – Celine Dion, Peabo Bryson, and Walter Afanasieff | Nominee |
| Song of the Year | "Beauty and the Beast" – Alan Menken and Howard Ashman | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Winner | |
| Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Alan Menken | Winner |
| Best Original Song – Motion Picture | " Beauty and the Beast " Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman | Winner |
| Best Original Song – Motion Picture | " Be Our Guest " Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman | Nominee |
Academy Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Original Score | Alan Menken | Winner |
| Best Original Song | " Beauty and the Beast " Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman | Winner |
| Best Original Song | " Be Our Guest " Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | " Belle " Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Don Hahn | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson, and Doc Kane | Nominee |
Annie Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Animated Feature | Winner | |
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Field of Animation | Glen Keane | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Film Hall of Fame: Productions | Winner | |
| Film Hall of Fame: Songs | "Beauty and the Beast" | Winner |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Award for Animation | Winner |
Young Artist Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Family Entertainment of the Year | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Original Film Score | Alan Menken and Howard Ashman | Nominee |
| Best Special Visual Effects | Randy Fullmer | Nominee |
Saturn Awards (1992)
2 nominations
| Best Fantasy Film | Nominee | |
| Best Music | Alan Menken | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Picture | Nominee |
Hugo Awards
1 nomination
| Best Dramatic Presentation | Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, Linda Woolverton, Roger Allers, Kelly Asbury, Brenda Chapman, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Tom Ellery, Kevin Harkey, Robert Lence, Burny Mattinson, Brian Pimental, Joe Ranft, Chris Sanders, and Bruce Woodside | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Youth DVD | Nominee |
Saturn Awards (2002)
1 nomination
| Best Classic Film DVD Release | Nominee |